Arts Lab 4.0: Month II, Federica Colzani - I'm in the right place

When I realized that I have been here for two months, I felt that the time passed so quickly but at the same time I lived so many experiences that it's like I've been here for such a long time. During this month new people arrived in the project and the relationship between us become very special: everyone wants to learn things from the others but also we have a lot of fun together. 

We want to see as many things as possible and for this reason we traveled a lot: we went to the Red Lake, Sovata, Sibiu, Constanța but we also explored the nature in Târgu Frumos and I'm so happy to have the chance to see so many beautiful places with special people. 

During our days we worked in the alternative museum of folklore. This topic was very interesting for me because I discovered how traditional art is very similar during the years but at the same time it's not fixed in the past as the people that make and join it are different. Also I think it's very beautiful to have an art whose meaning is understandable and shared by an entire community. 

With the students of Petru Rareș school I did a workshop that consisted in reinterpreting the symbols and the characters of folklore and then making a composition for a mural painting in their garden. Working with them was sometimes difficult, especially because of the different languages, but thanks to the volunteers that helped with the translation we managed to do beautiful things and I think that this experience had an impact on them. 

Sometimes is not easy to live in another country, far from home and from the people I love but the experiences I made are so special that I'm sure that I'm in the right place.

Federica Colzani from Italy is doing a long-term volunteering project in our organisation, under Arts Lab 4.0, a project funded by European Solidarity Corps @suntsolidar.eu, a programme of the European Union.